Men's Hoops Ready For New Year's Eve Matchup With Oral Roberts

Who: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
When: Saturday, Dec 31 | 2:30 PM
Where: Gates Center (1,800) | Fort Wayne, Ind.
All-Time Series: Oral Roberts leads 10-6
Last Meeting: Fort Wayne 68, Oral Roberts 63 - Jan. 28, 2016 - at Tulsa, Okla.
Radio: ESPN 1380 AM/100.9 FM | PBP: Brett Rump Link
TV: WANE 15.2 | PBP: John Nolan Color: Jeff Parrish
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Game Notes (PDF): Fort Wayne | Oral Roberts

QUICK HITS
• John Konchar is shooting 69.6 percent on the season, best in the Summit League and fifth best in the nation. Over the last five games, he is 34-of-42 from the floor (80.9 percent). All while averaging 9.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.4 steals per game in each contest.
• Kason Harrell is 12-of-20 (60 percent) from beyond the arc in the Mastodons' last four games.
• Brent Calhoun has scored in double-digits in each of the last four games. It is his longest double-digit streak of his career.
• Fort Wayne has scored 50 or more points in a half eight times this season.
• John Konchar earned the latest Summit League Player of the Week honor after a double-double of 21 points and 12 rebounds at Detroit Mercy. He is the third 'Don to earn a Summit League Player of the Week honor this year, joining Mo Evans and Bryson Scott. No other team in the league has two players who have won the honor.
• The 'Dons have scored 90 or more points in eight games this season.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Oral Roberts (4-11, 0-1 Summit) is looking for their first road win of the season. They fell at Denver 77-73 on Wednesday in their Summit League opener. Kris Martin led Oral Roberts with 23 points in the contest. Earlier this year they fell by just one point, 66-65, at No. 10 Creighton. The Golden Eagles held a 65-60 lead in the game before Creighton scored the final six points. Neither team scored a point the final 3:21 of the contest.

SCOUTING THE MASTODONS
Fort Wayne (10-4, 0-1 Summit) brings in one of the most potent offenses in the nation. The 'Dons are averaging 88.9 points per game, first in the Summit League and 9th in the nation. Each of Fort Wayne's starters scored in double-digits on Thursday against Western Illinois.

LAST TIME OUT
Western Illinois made a program-record 18 3-pointers on Thursday as they defeated Fort Wayne 93-91. The loss was the Mastodons' first when they score 90 points in a game since falling to VMI 106-95 on March 22, 2014 in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

UP NEXT
Conference play rolls on as the 'Dons travel to Omaha on Wednesday (Jan. 4) for a league contest against the Mavericks. Tip at Baxter Arena is set for 8 p.m. ET.

RANKING THE 'DONS
Fort Wayne is No. 6 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll. In addition, earlier this season the 'Dons received a vote in two USA Today Coaches Polls and an Associated Press Top 25 Poll. It was the first time in program history the 'Dons have received a vote in the USA Today and AP Polls.

IN NATIONAL RANKINGS...
Fort Wayne ranks 9th in scoring (88.9), 11th in field goal percentage (50.4 percent), 8th in 3-point field goal percentage (41.6 percent) and 12th in total steals (123).

1,000 FOR MO
Mo Evans picked up his 1,000th career point vs. Kenyon. He is the 13th player in program history to reach the plateau. He now owns 1,223 career points and ranks seventh all-time in scoring at Fort Wayne.

MO RANKINGS, NO PROBLEMS
Mo Evans is 12th in the nation in total assists (82). His 49.4 percent mark from beyond the arc ranks 8th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage.

SENSATIONAL SENIOR
Senior Brent Calhoun is making his senior year his best. He is averaging 7.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. Each are on pace to be career bests.

KASON, KEEPIN' ON
Kason Harrell is averaging 10.9 points per game this season for the 'Dons after playing only 73 minutes last season. The sophomore has made a 3-pointer in all but one game this year. He had 21 points at Austin Peay on Nov. 30.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
John Konchar has seven double-doubles this season, the most in the Summit League. After last year's 14 he now owns 21 in his career.

GETTING DIGITS
Fort Wayne has had eight games with five or more 'Dons in double-digits this year.

40-MINUTE MAN
John Konchar has played in every minute of a game five times in his career. This season he has done it twice. He played 45 minutes in an overtime effort against Indiana and 40 minutes at Notre Dame.

~ Feel the Rumble ~

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Players Mentioned

Brent Calhoun

Mo Evans

Kason Harrell

John Konchar

Max Landis

Bryson Scott